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2021 Atlanta Homicides: A Deadly Year

2021 Atlanta Homicides: The Atlanta Police Department investigated 158 homicides in 2021. Three of those cases involve incidents from previous years, but the deaths were ruled homicides in 2021. These are the victims.

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The GBI, at the request of the Atlanta Police Department, is investigating a fatal shooting in which a Fulton County deputy confronted a man in nearby woods after the deputy's home was apparently robbed. (Photo: Channel 2 Action News)

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Fulton deputy shoots, kills man who broke into his home, GBI says
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A Jones County sheriff’s deputy’s bulletproof vest saved him from injury when a Snellville man shot at him Sunday morning.

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Desmond Marrow filed a lawsuit in Henry County after a video was posted online that appeared to show an officer choking him. He is shown during a 2018 interview with Channel 2 Action News.

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Henry County reaches $200K settlement in police choking of ex-NFL player
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Briana Crawford is charged with two counts of felony murder in a shooting that left two men dead near Stone Mountain. (Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)

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Woman charged in drug-related shooting that left 2 dead near Stone Mountain
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Atlanta police have investigated 158 homicides since the start of the year. (File photo)

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Atlanta records 158th homicide of 2021, passing 2020’s total
More than half of the officer-involved shootings the GBI has investigated this year have been fatal.

Police shootings in Georgia surpass 2020 total
On Sept. 7, 22-year-old LaDonna Judkins was shot on Glen Iris Drive in northeast Atlanta. She later died in the hospital.

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Atlanta’s 2021 homicide victims
Kyra Scott, 14, died after being shot by her 13-year-old brother inside her Douglas County home, according to police.

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Kids, teens across metro Atlanta among 2021 shooting deaths
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8 Georgia officers killed in the line of duty in 2021
Griffin police Sgt. Michael Todd Thomas

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In a special episode of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast, hosts Bill Rankin and Greg Bluestein explore the Ahmaud Arbery case and where it goes from here.

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Atlanta police, shown at the scene of a Dec. 3 incident, investigated a shooting death after a man was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds early morning Saturday at the South Atlanta High School. (AJC file)

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Matthew Willson, 31, of England died early last Sunday after being shot inside a Brookhaven apartment, according to police. He had just arrived in Atlanta to visit his longtime girlfriend. (Credit: Brookhaven Police Department)

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‘It’s impossible to comprehend’: Scientist killed by stray bullet in Brookhaven
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A 19-year-old woman was carjacked Jan. 14 while she waited for her brother in the parking lot of Lithonia High School. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Mother says teen daughter traumatized by carjacking at Lithonia High
Murder suspect arrested by Sandy Springs police inside hospital
2 metro Atlanta real estate agents plead guilty to mortgage fraud conspiracy
Smyrna man arrested, charged with shooting at Marietta townhome
A news conference was held Friday, one day shy of the three-year anniversary of Jimmy Atchison's shooting death by an Atlanta police officer. (Henri Hollis / Henri.Hollis@ajc.com)

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3 years later, family of man killed by Atlanta officer questions DA’s priorities
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New Jersey-based Cross River Bank, left, and Atlanta-based Kabbage (now K Servicing) were among four online lenders found more likely to process loans for those with felony criminal records, according to a study by researchers at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. (RyeCityRoller / WikiCommons; Steve Schaefer for the AJC)

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Red flags ignored as federal loans flew out the door
Nolan Harold Kidd (center) and Savannah Danielle McDonald (right) are seen in an interview with an independent journalist outside the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. Kidd and McDonald were arrested by the FBI June 11, 2021, in connection with the insurrection. Credit: YouTube

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East Georgia woman pleads guilty in Jan. 6 charge
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The median bond amount granted by Georgia immigration courts to be released from ICE detention is higher than in any other state.

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Devonia Inman gives a thumbs-up as he is driven away from Augusta State Medical Prison, after serving 23 years in prison for a wrongful conviction. His case was featured in the fourth season of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast. (Curtis Compton / curtis.compton@ajc.com)

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‘Breakdown’ special episode: Devonia Inman is a free man
The eighth season of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's podcast follows the Ahmaud Arbery case, which thrust Georgia's justice system into the national spotlight. (Asia Burns / asia.burns@ajc.com)

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The 1-year-old girl was shot Jan. 12 at a home on Harwell Road in northwest Atlanta and died three days later in a hospital. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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Woman arrested after 1-year-old daughter shot by child with unsecured gun
A photo of Chet Planchard, who was one of four people killed by Ronald Freeman 30 years ago during a robbery and shooting spree, is displayed during a vigil Thursday night in Marietta. (Branden Camp for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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30 years later, vigil held for victims of Cobb spree killings
Dr. Matthew Willson, 31, of England, died early Sunday after being shot inside a Brookhaven apartment, according to police. (Credit: Brookhaven Police Department)

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Police: Scientist visiting from England shot to death inside Brookhaven apartment
Police are investigating after a 5-year-old was grazed by a stray bullet Wednesday night in the 1800 block of Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta.

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2 drivers arrested after child, 5, grazed by stray bullet in SW Atlanta
December 1, 2021 Atlanta - Asya Morgan (left) and Ali Abdulrab talk in front of the mural of the murder victim Abdulrab's sister, Mariam, on Wylie Street near the Krog Street tunnel on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Ali Abdulrab and Asya Morgan have become activists seeking to strengthen the way the state oversees sex offenders. This comes in the wake of the murder of Abdulrab's sister, Mariam, over the summer. She was a bartender who was abducted in front of her southeast Atlanta home and shot and killed. Her accused killer is Demarcus Binkley, a convicted sex offender who was out on probation. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Repeat offenders in Georgia: A failed system, a family shattered
Due to backlogs, more than 6,000 sexual offenders are living in communities across the state without ever getting reviewed and rated by the Georgia Sex Offender Registration Review Board. The board was created 15 years ago by the General Assembly to help protect the public from the most dangerous sex offenders once they leave prison or get placed on probation. (GBI)

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Case backlog in Georgia sex offender oversight agency undermines safety
Attorney Dexter Wimbish talks to reporters Thursday in Griffin after his client, Curtis Keith Bankston (background), was arrested and charged with false imprisonment. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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Griffin pastor denies police allegations against unlicensed group home
Firefighters and other emergency crews responded to a hazmat situation along Riverside Parkway on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities responded after a tractor-trailer overturned. (Credit: Douglas County Fire/EMS Department)

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Hazmat spill in Lithia Springs shuts down busy road
Alfred Megbuluba, 31, a Lilburn man accused of throwing or pushing a woman from a Lamborghini, has been indicted.

Man indicted on murder charges in death of woman who fell from Lamborghini
New Jersey-based Cross River Bank, left, and Atlanta-based Kabbage (now K Servicing) were among four online lenders found more likely to process loans for those with felony criminal records, according to a study by researchers at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. (RyeCityRoller / WikiCommons; Steve Schaefer for the AJC)

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Red flags ignored as federal loans flew out the door
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to aid in her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe
The woman was in the high school parking lot Jan. 14 when she was approached by two armed men who jumped into her car and drove off, according to the DeKalb County School District.

Woman carjacked in Lithonia High School parking lot just before dismissal
Markeith Oliver (left), 18, was shot to death in July 2017. His 15-year-old brother, Kelvice Roberson, was shot and killed Saturday.

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Atlanta mother loses second teenage son to gun violence in less than 5 years
Family members identified the girl killed as 16-year-old Camaya Harris. She was hit just steps from her home as she left to catch the school bus. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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Snellville teen dies after being hit by car turning into parking space
Ahmaud Arbery was killed Feb. 23, 2020, in a neighborhood outside Brunswick.

Georgia deputy resigns over Ahmaud Arbery comment
Douglasville police Chief Gary Sparks speaks about a New Year's Eve shooting that left a 15-year-old dead during a news conference Tuesday. (Rosana Hughes / Rosana.Hughes@ajc.com)

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4th suspect arrested in deadly shooting at New Year’s Eve party in Douglasville
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